I am trying to snip things out of my life. SGHolland@gmail.com I’ve been blogging on the internet in one way or another for as long as it has been possible to communicate by on-line means. Really! For me, internet connection has been an outlet and a source of answers to…

© SGHolland 2023 Jan 27, 2023 Tell the truth, Medium dot com!!!! I am getting news of Medium accepting AI generated stories. If this is the case I will remove myself and my work from Medium. I know, I know…I am not a VIP here…just a truth teller. I have enjoyed sharing my live on these “pages.” I care for…

We two here have been so fortunate, and we say so often each day, while watching/reading grim news of the day, grieving friends’ and relatives’ losses, and weeping at the state of the world. We evacuated. But we had a place to come to. And what we evacuated from is…

HCR and McMurtry Before Breakfast ©SGHolland May 2022 (published Aug 1st 2022) (there will be other McMurtry commentaries in the future.) These serious and depressing days are not often hilarious at our house. No matter how glad we are to be companions and…

Directions to my AI gmail machine: If there is a 396ufp2- in my inbox, automatically respond with a 7390wer-0sdva. That could be the future of gmail. One could go on vacation and no one would be the wiser! Just think of the wowwee back and forth correspondence that could be…

My daughter, my son, my daughter in law, and my Caregiver/S.O. © SGHolland May 2023 Devoted people are voluntarily lifting loads, physical things like furniture, and also brain and energy responsibilities for this old lady. My medical data. My legal data. My financial data. My change of address data. And…

I have been taught that in Swahili, that means “I feel with you.” And implies “slow down.” SGHolland © March 2023 Pronounced Po-lay,po-lay, it means Take Everything Slowly, according to one source. Tied up in that word is the idea that “I hear what you mean, and think I understand…

RELAX WHILE BEING ARRESTED Make your face serene Speak your piece Be Greta. Try. Come back out and join the protesters with a mike in hand. Speak your piece. Greta Thunberg you are so perfect for us flabbergasted people who care about having a future! https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/20/digested-week-greta-thunberg-masterclass-art-protest

85 EIGHTY FIVE \ A Very Good Year? SGHolland © Jan. 2023 Yes! I am approaching my 85th birthday..very soon. The most persistent thing in my head right a feeling of gross loss. But what am I complaining about? Letting go is good, I am advised. Relax, they say. Never mind…